Repeat performance of The Lost Words: a Spell Book

Music by 10 Canadian composers including “Acorn” and "Magpie” by Alex Eddington

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

20 pieces by 10 Canadian composers

World premiere of “Acorn” and “Magpie” by Alex Eddington

The Lost Words: a Spell Book - text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Composers: Carmen Braden, Alex Eddington, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Katerina Gimon, Ramona Luengen, Don Macdonald, Monica Pearce, Marie-Claire Saindon, Rodney Sharman, Stephen Smith 

Elektra Women’s Choir

Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director

Join KC VITAs and the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium for "Look Up" as they combine the fruits of the composer's labor with the views and phenomena that inspired them. This unique and immersive experience will have viewers traveling through the galaxies while enjoying live, brand new choral music by some of Kansas City's finest singers.

Canadian premiere!

On this unique evening, appreciate the insights of our masterful tour guide Dr. Sharon Morsink, as she ushers us through her world of astrophysics in a series of captivating mini-lectures. 

Complement the experience with transcendently beautiful music selections that were inspired by the same awe-inspiring extra-terrestrial subjects. 

The heavens changed and astronomer Tycho Brahe was the first to notice. Join us for an exploration of his fascinating life and times, with a world premiere of a new commission by Canadian composer Alex Eddington, featuring cymbalom master Richard Moore, actor and singer (baritone) Olivier Laquerre, and direction by Tyler Seguin.